Commentary

Mexico is rapidly transforming its economy. Over the last two years, exports, particularly m

NEW STUDIES INDICATE that the baby boom generation is depressed and may be perfectly justified in bl

NO CITY IN THIS COUNTRY knows more about traffic congestion than Los Angeles. Therefore, when author

Walter T. Atkinson Jr. has the eyes of a pilot. They are somewhat hooded from years of squinting int

A PROPOSAL TO TAX single-premium life insurance may provide the hardest fight among the tax increase

THERE ARE MANY LEGITIMATE trade issues between the United States and Japan. But Federal Express Corp

Vietnam passed a new foreign investment law in December 1987, replacing related regulations promulga

The state of New York and the Long Island Lighting Co. have signed off on the details of an agreemen

Most economists now believe there won't be an economic recession in 1988, but many are afraid one mi

Medical Society Seeks To Clarify NY ReportIn a report published in March, the New York State

When sorrows come, they come not single spies but in battalions. William Shakespeare wasn't thinking

Dependence on oil continues to be the weak link in the American energy system. We use too much of i

A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD, that perpetual demand of the world's bankers, is a key objective of the driv

Washington has fallen into the dangerous trap of debating international trade issues by focusing on

TUCKED INTO A DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE authorization bill now before a House- Senate conference committ

THE WELL-WORN PHRASE trade negotiations has become a fancy way of describing bilateral talks aimed a

The U.S. government is facing a critical juncture in trade policy, yet several years of work on majo

Unexpectedly good news about U.S. foreign trade in April sent Wall Street briefly into orbit last we

A MODEST HIGHWAY SAFETY PROGRAM launched five years ago with little fanfare has sparked a staggering

A June 21 editorial on LTV Corp. should have said the company has offered to pay $1 billion in stock

A new horror show is playing in Congress. The villain, as depicted by a variety of reputable U.S. bu

THE PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORP. should get tough with LTV Corp. as the company seeks to pay off a

The House Ways and Means Committee should resist the temptation to increase the gas guzzler tax when

Has Paris shot itself in the foot as an international financial center? Melodrama aside, the

In the aftermath of the 1984-85 drought and subsequent famine that devastated the Horn of Africa, th

REFORM IN TUNISIA: TRUE STORY UNTOLDThe opinion piece by Djamel Darradji and Eric Ehrmann (T

THERE ARE FEW SURPRISES in the Justice Department's new draft guidelines for applying antitrust law

On May 6 the management of Texas Air Corp. filed a $1.5 billion lawsuit against the two unions repre

If you knew Joe Faraci, you would fly to Washington to interview the deputy postmaster general, too.

A PROVOCATIVE NEW REPORT from the Worldwatch Institute raises a claim straight out of the 1970s: In

ODDS ARE RISING against Congress' approving the U.S.-Canadian trade pact before September. T

A SPECTER IS HAUNTING WASHINGTON: the specter of Eurosclerosis. That specter, alas, is turni

MCCARRAN REPEAL WILL HURT, NOT HELPFor a journal of commerce that publishes some reasonably

IF SOMETHING'S UNDESIRABLE, prohibit it. After using that approach against the ocean disposal of sew

Transportation planners face two very different and virtually intractable dilemmas. The first, urban

A funny thing happened on the way to the White House. Ideology died. The liberal-conservativ

IN POLITICS, ONE MAN, ONE VOTE is a rule that makes sense. In corporate governance, however, it may

EVERYONE WANTS TO FIGHT DRUGS, but no one wants to pay the tab. The Coast Guard has been waiting for

Few would have expected that Snow White would offer a guide for this year's election campaign. But w

A robust economy in the United States with exports in the lead and good internal growth in Japan are